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You may have noticed the new banner across the top of my website. It features the new logo for my food production business: Chef Adam’s Creations. This has been an on going process that has spanned a couple of years now. It’s a slow process, made even slower because I’ve been working on most of it on my own. Little by little things get done and now I’m finally unveiling the first snack items: Being Bites. This is a line of raw, vegan and gluten-free granola. Featured flavors are Pumpkin Seed Brittle, Cashew Curry Crunch and Almond Ginger Snap. All 3 have a unique flavor, are made with high quality ingredients and are super satisfying… some might say addictive.

A friend once referred to my granola as “snack crack”. I take that as a compliment though I won’t be using it in my promotional materials.

This month I caught a glimpse of a highway billboard featuring an over-sized Shamrock Shake and it made me think of the dark days when ignorance was bliss and industrial waste was food. Those days are gone but not forgotten and I imagine that the Shamrock Shake of my youth was actually a little healthier than the current incarnation. Regardless, I was inspired to make a recipe that is a tribute to the green minty sludge I was so eager to drink down in my youth. This version is made with all top shelf ingredients and is possibly a shake you could thrive on for the rest of your life.

Keep in mind I have switched out petro-chemical food coloring, polysorbate 80, wood pulp, sodium benzoate and mono/poly-glycerides with real food ingredients. Besides, I wouldn’t even know which aisles of the grocery store to find sodium benzoate and polysorbate 80.

I’d like to extend an open invitation for all of you out there to visit me at Camp Rawnora, a raw food wellness center in Watervliet, Michigan. Weekend retreats start in April. Find out all the details at the Camp Rawnora website.

Fun stuff happening up in Michigan. We have ponies being born and baby greens popping up. The wild foraging is in full effect with this early spring. Check out my post from last year on how to make stinging nettle pesto. Don’t worry, once you process the nettles, they no longer sting. Please visit the Camp Rawnora website to check out our upcoming events. No matter where you are in the world, we have room for you here at Camp Rawnora.

In the meantime here’s a raw food recipe for food processor banana ice cream. This is one of my evening favorites especially when I sit down to watch a movie on the big screen at the Camp Rawnora media room.

The chill is upon us in Michigan. The tomato and pepper plants are showing signs of frost damage so it’s time harvest everything off the vines. I finally got around to harvesting my sweet potatoes. Not too shabby for a first attempt. They’re a pretty low maintenance crop which I plan on doing again next year. It would be ideal to grow kale and onions in massive amounts next year so I can turn out kale chips and g’dunions for the markets.

The past few weeks have a been a whirlwind of events. There were book signings, demos, lectures, Gabriel Cousens, Will Tuttle, Art Prize, TV appearances and a raw yoga retreat. Pictures, videos and links are all below.

There is one last event on the Camp Rawnora schedule and that’s another Raw Food Yoga Camp from Oct. 14-16th. Don’t fret about the cold weather, last time we had warm butternut squash soup, pizza and hot apple pie.

With things winding down here at Camp Rawnora in Michigan, it’s time for me to head back down south to Jacksonville, Florida. I’ll be there just in time for the 2nd annual Northeast Florida Vegetarian Festival. I’ll once again be doing a food demo. I’ll also have books and goodies available for purchase. What will the rest of fall and winter hold for me? Who knows at this point. Any suggestions out there? Have Vita-mix, will travel.

Enjoy this Chia In a Jar recipe featured in my book The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Raw Food Detox: